Stradella

Stradella is a town and comune of the Oltrepo Pavese within the Province of Pavia within the northern Italian place of Lombardy. It is situated inside the Padan Plain, about 5 km south of the river Po. Stradella, collectively with what's now the almost disinhabited locality of Montalino, become under the suzerainty of the bishop of Pavia inside the early Middle Ages being the most critical center of the fief in the 11^th century. Montalino and Pavia were again and again ravaged within the course of the Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines, specifically in 1373 by John Hawkwood's troops.

The bishop's seigniory resulted in 1797 with the abolition of feudalism. It received the popularity of town in 1865. Stradella received the honorary name of town with a royal decree on May 25, 1865. The metropolis was once an vital centre for the production of accordions and still hosts a museum dedicated to this device. Mariano Dallape become the primary accordion builder in Stradella, his business changed into persisted by his sons. Later well-known names encompass the brothers Crosio Fratelli.